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CHICAGO (ABP) -- America's five largest historically African-American Baptist organizations are cooperating to raise $50 million to help rebuild Haiti and provide aid to victims of a Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the area surrounding the capital of Port-au-Prince.

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Supreme Court declines Okla. county’s attempt to keep 10 Commandments up

March 2, 2010

author: Administrator

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have allowed it to clarify its rules on displaying the 10 Commandments and other religious artifacts on government property. And, as a result, an Oklahoma county will likely have to remove

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Baptist expert says Establishment Clause applies to foreign policy

March 2, 2010

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A Baptist church-state specialist voiced concern about a think-tank report urging a new direction for U.S. foreign policy focused on the role religion plays in world affairs.

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A Time to Die: Church plants and re-plants key to continued witness

March 1, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) -- According to Chris Backert, emerging church strategist with the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, no greater need exists in the Body of Christ today than effective church planting.

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Relief launched for quake in Chile described as ‘without parallel’

March 1, 2010

author: brandon

Southern Baptists have released $50,000 for immediate relief needs in Chile, where the death toll has climbed past 700 in an earthquake disaster described by the country’s president as “without parallel in Chile's history.” A Southern Baptist assessment team is en route to the country

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When churches die, can they live again?

February 26, 2010

author: brandon

Phil Rodgerson, retired from the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, has identified classic options churches often consider when facing their own demise. Unfortunately, 58 percent of the time, the church chooses to remain and do nothing—an approach that almost guarantees an inglorious end.

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‘A time to be born, a time to die’

February 26, 2010

author: Administrator

Is a church’s death inevitable? Who can give congregations permission to die? Should church members feel guilty for closing their facility’s doors?

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People of faith urge health-care reform

February 24, 2010

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- On the eve of a bipartisan summit on health-care reform in the nation's capital, thousands of people of faith signed a letter urging the White House and Congress to "complete the task at hand on behalf of the millions who are left

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MBC exec spared from another deposition

February 23, 2010

author: brandon

Missouri Baptist Convention executive director David Tolliver will not be deposed before the MBC's litigation against the Missouri Baptist Foundation moves forward. The MBF is one of five formerly affiliated entities included in a lawsuit the convention filed in August 2002.

169. Grace Ji-Sun Kim on When God Became White

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity. She also discusses issues of racism, patriarchy, and Christian Nationalism. She previously appeared on episode 145. She writes a Substack newsletter and…
168. Drew Strait on Strange Worship

Drew Strait, a New Testament professor at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism. He also discusses issues of strategic nonviolence, empathy, and suspicion of state power. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…
167. Bekah McNeel on This is Going to Hurt

Journalist and author Bekah McNeel talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America. She also discusses addressing issues of immigration, education, and guns. She previously appeared on episode 70. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…
166. Michael Austin on American Christian Nationalism

Michael Austin, a philosophy professor at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian. He also discusses American values, teachings of Jesus, and the co-option of Dietrich…

African-American Baptist organizations pledge $50 million for Haiti

Supreme Court declines Okla. county’s attempt to keep 10 Commandments up

Baptist expert says Establishment Clause applies to foreign policy

A Time to Die: Church plants and re-plants key to continued witness

Relief launched for quake in Chile described as ‘without parallel’

When churches die, can they live again?

‘A time to be born, a time to die’

People of faith urge health-care reform

MBC exec spared from another deposition

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